🐧 Away Penguins 28-30-6 before this game
1–4
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 34-15-14 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0101
COL 0044

Penguins at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Penguins 4–1 at Ball Arena on March 1, 2003.

🗓 Sat, Mar 1, 2003 · 14:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2002-03 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 18:33 TOI
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
2 A
2 shots · 14:40 TOI · +2
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Derek Morris
2 A
1 shots · 22:28 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Mario Lemieux Go-ahead 2nd · 01:01
Assists: Rico Fata · beat Patrick Roy
1–0
3rd period
🏔️ Steve Reinprecht Tying 3rd · 01:37
Assists: Joe Sakic, Radim Vrbata · beat Johan Hedberg
1–1
🏔️ Rob Blake SH Go-ahead 3rd · 03:42
Assists: Joe Sakic, Serge Aubin · beat Johan Hedberg
1–2
🏔️ Peter Forsberg PP 3rd · 06:52
Assists: Milan Hejduk, Derek Morris · beat Johan Hedberg
1–3
🏔️ Milan Hejduk 3rd · 11:29
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Derek Morris · beat Johan Hedberg
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT COL🏔️
23 Shots on goal 26
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
14 Hits 16
7 Blocked shots 11
15 Takeaways 13
0 Giveaways 6
10 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 4.3% (1/23) COL shooting 15.4% (4/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Johan Hedberg
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:54 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 28-30-6 (44% win rate, 64 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 34-15-14 (54% win rate, 63 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Fata · Straka · Lemieux 22:48
L2 McKenna · Primeau · Donovan 14:45
L3 Surovy · Beech · Manderville 12:06
L4 Robitaille · Samuelsson 9:20
D1 Tarnstrom · Lintner 22:45
D2 Rozsival · Bergevin 20:14
D3 Jonsson · Heins 16:56
D4 Moran 11:22
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Forsberg · Hejduk 18:33
L2 Aubin · Sakic · Reinprecht 14:40
L3 Messier · Shantz · Vrbata 12:28
L4 McAmmond · Hinote · Parker 10:18
D1 De Vries · Foote 24:08
D2 Blake · Morris 22:54
D3 Skoula · Smith 12:14

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 20, 2003
🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · Avalanche won
Oct 3, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT
3–1 · Avalanche won
Feb 19, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT
5–1 · Avalanche won
Nov 13, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL
2–3 (OT) · Avalanche won
Jan 13, 2000
🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL
3–4 · Avalanche won

❓ PIT vs COL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Avalanche on March 1, 2003?

Avalanche won 4–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Avalanche?

The final score was Penguins 1, Avalanche 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mario Lemieux.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Milan Hejduk, Peter Forsberg, Rob Blake, Steve Reinprecht.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Feb 27
🐧PIT @ 🐯NSH
0–6 · NSH won
Next game · Mar 2
🐧PIT @ ⭐DAL
1–3 · DAL won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Feb 27
🐦ATL @ 🏔️COL
4–3 · ATL won
Next game · Mar 2
🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI
3–2 · COL won
Also on March 1, 2003
🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS
3–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH
4–5 final
🐦ATL @ 👑LAK
1–4 final
🌪️CAR @ 🍁TOR
1–4 final
🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–1 final
⚡TBL @ 🏛️OTT
2–1 final
⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI
1–2 final
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
2–5 final
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